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Finger millet is chief food crop for millions of people in the world. It is ranked third in cereal production in semi-arid regions after sorghum and pearl millet. It is generally grown all over the world especially the ...

Maize is a very important food crop in Kenya with its annual consumption being estimated at 98 Kg per person. Maize yield and production in Kenya is 1.7 ton/ha and 2.7 million tons annually and is on the decline due to ...

Low density polyethylene (LOPE) is an important industrial material because it's
durable, light-weight, easily processed and characteristically inert, but its everyday use is
hazardous to the environment. The solution ...

Pain, pyrexia and inflammation cause unnecessary discomfort, suffering and also
lower productivity of the victims. Conventional drugs for these conditions are
expensive, not easily available and have adverse side effects. ...

Banana is a popular and important crop among many communities in East Africa. It is used both as a subsistence and cash crop. Bananas provide a major source of carbohydrates for over 4 00 million people in tropical countries, ...

Pain, pyrexia and inflammation cause unnecessary discomfort, suffering and also
lower productivity of the victims. Conventional drugs for these conditions are
expensive, not easily available and have ...

In this study, tin selenide was prepared at different ratios using tin and selenium pellets in glass tube filled with argon and then heated up to 350°C, also, tin doped zinc oxide was prepared using tin pellets and zinc ...

This thesis is a study of the Grevillea robusta A. cunn. EXR. Br. is remarkably the most widely grown agroforestry tree in most countries. It has an increasing demand among farmers because of the many benefits it provides. ...

Honeybees are of great value in Africa for both their economic and ecological importance. Economically, they are important pollinators of a great host of commercial crops as well as a source of food and livelihoods for ...

On the basis of matrix formalism of method of
moments developed by Perlin and Tsukerblat (20) we
have calculated theoretically the second and third
moments of A to T absorption band in U-centre of KBr and
NaI...

This study was carried out on Taita White-eye, Zosterops (poliogaster) silvanus, an Endangered bird species endemic to the fragmented forests of the Taita Hills and Mt Kasigau in southeast Kenya. Before the present study, ...

Synthetic sex pheromones could provide valuable alternative means of pest control in Integrated Pest Management (IPM) strategies. Their uses could include population monitoring with pheromone traps to guide other control ...

Of all the uses of African plants, the aspect of medical use has probably attracted the most
attention and has also been the most complex and varied. Nearly 70,000 species of higher plants
have been used for medical ...

Deficiency of Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) is the most frequently encountered genetic abnormality of red blood cell (RBC) metabolism, and is estimated to affect over 200 million people worldwide. Malaria is ...